Meet our guides: Josip Crnčević

It is well-known that the success of an organized city tour hinges on the personality of the tour guide. The Dubrovnik Walking Tours guides are exceptional in their knowledge and entertainment value.

In this post, we’d like to introduce you to one of our top-rated guides on TripAdvisor; Josip Crnčević. We asked him a few questions:

I am approaching my 3rd season.  

I would definitely say it's history and heritage because, without that, there would be no tourism in scale and scope as we know it today.

Dubrovnik had a merchant colony in India, Goa, where you can still find a church of St. Blaise as a remnant of that era.  

Game of Thrones tour is an active way to see Dubrovnik trough the scope of everybody's at the moment favorite TV show, which is great because the content is light and goes well with vacation mood people are in when visiting Dubrovnik.  

Yes, I am a fan, not too geeky or crazy about it, but the show does have a certain unique appeal, as it blends well fantasy and drama making it look somehow realistic.

Not all of them, I am on my 4th at the moment, great series, better than the show, waiting for the final 2 books to come out before I continue on the rest.

Tyrion explaining how he wants to die a certain way to Shagga, leader of the Mountain clans, cuz I feel this is something that strongly resonates with me.  

I would say Jesuit stairs aka the Shame stairs.  

Nothing too special that I remember, usually boils down to photos, seeing the most popular (or all locations), and visiting the Throne.

St. Lawrence fort because of the views and walk of shame as the most dramatic scene filmed in Dubrovnik and one of the most iconic overall.

I have been around working on the Pile square as a booking agent and seeing start on certain locations, however, I am not associated with the production nor have I cared about GOT at that point.  

It's not all about the raw numbers. First, it's the marketing that the Old Town got out of being associated with one of the most popular TV shows ever. There is probably no amount of money which could provide something on that scale, secondly, it added additional elements to our narrow touristic offer (GOT tours, got souvenir stores, etc.)

These are the people still living in the past trying to make a living on selling out that same heritage and basing our touristic offer on beautiful weather and beaches. Not having the ability to distinguish between fiction and reality screams narrow mindedness, Got and other filming experiences are providing clear blueprint how you can utilize heritage in a controlled environment and get additional benefits.  

It depends on the mood, guests the days, etc. Both have intriguing moments, excitements and challenges, I would not rate one above the other.  

I would recommend the walk around the City walls, a visit to the Lokrum island, doing a sea kayaking tour, Buggy safari (have not been but sounds exciting), history tour (can be really enlightening and interesting).